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Embedding AI Requires Culture, Process, Not Just Pilots
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Embedding AI Requires Culture, Process, Not Just Pilots

From isolated experimentation to embedded capability, culture, process, and incentives as the true transformation levers In boardrooms across industries, the same slide appears with reassuring regularity: a grid of successful AI pilots. A fraud model that lifted detection rates. A...

By Iain Brown
AI Agents Get Visual Avatars with Phoenix-4
SocialFeb 19, 2026

AI Agents Get Visual Avatars with Phoenix-4

Building AI agents? Text interfaces were just the warm-up. @tavus just launched Phoenix-4 to finally give your agents a face that matches their skills 🦾 You have to see this ↓

By Data Chaz
Solar Farms Double as Thriving Biodiversity Sanctuaries
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Solar Farms Double as Thriving Biodiversity Sanctuaries

Who says clean energy and nature can’t thrive together? New @NatLabRockies research confirms what global studies are increasingly showing: utility-scale solar farms actively foster biodiversity By planting native prairie under panels, 3 sites in Minnesota have transformed into thriving sanctuaries for...

By Assaad Razzouk
Kling 3.0 Sets New Standard for AI Video Production
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Kling 3.0 Sets New Standard for AI Video Production

The Kling Report. For those interested in AI video. I'm running a series of reports. Having AI read my lists here on X (I have about 50,000 people in AI industry on them) looking for interesting trends. I've been having a...

By Robert Scoble
AI-Powered Video Editing Now Built Into My Editor
SocialFeb 19, 2026

AI-Powered Video Editing Now Built Into My Editor

The video editor I use. Now I can make AI videos right in there. Smart. Oh, got a Kling report I'll run shortly here. It's amazing what AI can learn from everyone's posts.

By Robert Scoble
AI-Powered X Reader: What Would You Ask It?
SocialFeb 19, 2026

AI-Powered X Reader: What Would You Ask It?

I'm building a new kind of X news reader with @blevlabs' AI (which is better at analyzing X than any other AI that's available now). One that reads all 150,000 posts going through my lists every day. If you had AGI,...

By Robert Scoble
Get Identity Right, Then Everything Improves Easily
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Get Identity Right, Then Everything Improves Easily

If you want to make things better, start with identity. Get identity right, and everything else becomes easier to improve. Full episode on FF News 👉 https://t.co/aL2XcVsYco https://t.co/YMfPYiOiI1

By Dave Birch
Use Exponential Backoff with Jitter for Effective Retries
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Use Exponential Backoff with Jitter for Effective Retries

Not all retries are created equal. Immediate retry: usually fails again Exponential backoff: gives systems time to recover Exponential backoff with jitter: prevents thundering herd Most orchestrators have this built in. But you need to understand what's happening or you'll wonder why your retries...

By SSP Data
UBS Accelerates AI to Transform Banking Operations
SocialFeb 19, 2026

UBS Accelerates AI to Transform Banking Operations

UBS Steps Up AI Initiatives to Reshape Banking Operations - Fintech Schweiz Digital Finance News - FintechNewsCH https://t.co/lzgbtiumUP

By Oliver Bussmann
3D‑Printed Lattice Tires Eliminate Air and Suspension
SocialFeb 19, 2026

3D‑Printed Lattice Tires Eliminate Air and Suspension

3D printed tires Pure 3D-printed lattice magic in TPU that flexes, absorbs insane weight, and keeps rolling. No air or suspension needed. @robotsailor is building next-level robot wheels… fully custom, printed fast on Bambu Lab printers. If you don’t follow...

By Ilir Aliu
Self‑funded Risk and Standards Built $100M Wellness Brand
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Self‑funded Risk and Standards Built $100M Wellness Brand

She built a $100M wellness brand after doctors gave her codeine and no plan. Siff Haider and her husband launched Arrae in 2020 with two products, funded it with their wedding savings, and hit $1M in nine months without raising capital. They...

By Ask Dr. Brown
ElliQ Robot Tackles Loneliness, Featured in NYT
SocialFeb 19, 2026

ElliQ Robot Tackles Loneliness, Featured in NYT

“A robot with soul” ElliQ from @intuitionrobo can help address loneliness & isolation in the @nytimes https://t.co/ydLLNCwnHS

By Daniel Kraft, MD
Expose All Product Surfaces to Empower Agentic Users
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Expose All Product Surfaces to Empower Agentic Users

How well are you surfacing your product experiences to agents? Enjoying this Bengaluru Builder Day talk from @Swiggy's CTO that's looking at making all their surfaces available to agentic users. https://t.co/o6lDaMS5wd

By Richard Seroter
Failed SaaS Projects Teach More Than Any Promotion
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Failed SaaS Projects Teach More Than Any Promotion

People ask me about those 8 SaaS products. "Did they all succeed?" No. • 3 made $0 • 2 made $1000/month • 1 hit $3k MRR then died • 2 are still growing But here's what nobody tells you: The "failed" ones taught me more than any promotion...

By Luca Restagno
AI-Generated Deepfakes Threaten Authenticity in Hiring
SocialFeb 19, 2026

AI-Generated Deepfakes Threaten Authenticity in Hiring

#Deepfakes in the #talentpool: How #AI is reshaping hiring @HR_Exec https://t.co/fnus5j0LpD #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator

By Dave Millner
Shape‑conformal 3D Frameworks Enable Full‑surface Neural Organoid Electrophysiology
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Shape‑conformal 3D Frameworks Enable Full‑surface Neural Organoid Electrophysiology

If you’re interested in organoid biology and/or 3D bioelectronics, then check out our paper published today in Nature Biomedical Engineering, titled ‘Shape-conformal porous frameworks for full coverage of neural organoids and high-resolution electrophysiology,’ at https://t.co/Y7MzvRQKTm.  This work introduces a technology...

By John A. Rogers
Find the Sweet Spot Between Overly Broad and Narrow ICP
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Find the Sweet Spot Between Overly Broad and Narrow ICP

One of the Goldilocks problems in B2B startups is defining who you are selling to. On one extreme is the entrepreneur that says "we sell to everyone." That could be every company, every role or both. The challenge is how do...

By Nick Mehta
Automated GuardDuty Feature Audit and Enablement in Hours
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Automated GuardDuty Feature Audit and Enablement in Hours

Vibe coded 🤖 a script to list which AWS GuardDuty features are enabled in minutes. Took 15-30 minutes to correct it. The script to enable disabled features, sub features, and create an s3 malware scan plan took about two hours. See blog...

By Teri Radichel
Tailor and Sync Prompts per Model for Success
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Tailor and Sync Prompts per Model for Success

Since I now use multiple models, I customize all of my prompt files (soul, identity, skills etc) for each model. This critically important. For example, Opus 4.6 prompt best practices says don’t use ALL CAPS to emphasize things. GPT5.2 explicitly...

By Matthew Berman
Agent Identities Demand New Sandboxing and Access Controls
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Agent Identities Demand New Sandboxing and Access Controls

Agent identities is going to be a super fun and hard problem for software in the coming years. Most agentic systems today assume that the agent can do everything the user can do, and just operate as an extension of...

By Aaron Levie
AI's Easy; Scaling Software 100x Faster Is the Real Hurdle
SocialFeb 19, 2026

AI's Easy; Scaling Software 100x Faster Is the Real Hurdle

What people seem to be struggling with the most is not the truly novel parts of building with AI, it's the table stakes. It's not the AI part that's so hard (turns out systems have never been wholly deterministic 😉), it's...

By Charity Majors
Jupiter International Doubles Indian Solar Capacity to 2 GW
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Jupiter International Doubles Indian Solar Capacity to 2 GW

Jupiter International doubles solar cell manufacturing capacity to 2 GW in India #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/N7yACehDbe

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Interstate Objectors Push Independent Review of NSW Battery
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Interstate Objectors Push Independent Review of NSW Battery

Another NSW battery sent for independent review by interstate and long-distance objectors #energysky -- via Renew Economy: https://t.co/4Yc1aJjiuA https://t.co/QBPyuoR6kC

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
AI's Rapid Diffusion Outpaces Our Adaptation Capacity
SocialFeb 19, 2026

AI's Rapid Diffusion Outpaces Our Adaptation Capacity

AI is eating industries and jobs. For sure. But new ones will be created. However, we’ve never seen tech diffuse this rapidly. It’s the speed of digestion that we are struggling with the most. https://t.co/KApUVISD5g

By Daniel Newman
AI Boosts HR Efficiency, Yet Demands Human Empathy
SocialFeb 19, 2026

AI Boosts HR Efficiency, Yet Demands Human Empathy

The Paradox of #AI in #HRStrategy: Efficiency, Empathy, and the Human Factor https://t.co/LiIGmm7GKI #HCM #HRM #HumanResources #HRTech #CHRO #CPO #Hiring #Recruitment #PeopleManagement #Culture #Change #FutureofHR #HRCurator

By Dave Millner
Modular Ghiplet Chiplets Redefine Flexible GPU Design
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Modular Ghiplet Chiplets Redefine Flexible GPU Design

chetanarvindpatil 15h #Technology #Thread #Semiconductor #Manufacturing #Ghiplet The Semiconductor Ghiplet: 1/ - The Semiconductor Computing World First Moved Towards More-Than-Moore Via Chiplets. - Now, It Is Re-Inventing Another Path Towards More-Than-Moore. - This Time With Ghiplet = G(PU) + (C)hiplet --- chetanarvindpatil 15h Author 2/ - Ghiplet Represents A Shift Towards...

By Chetan Arvind Patil
Anthropic Predicts Autonomy Surge Till
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Anthropic Predicts Autonomy Surge Till

per @AnthropicAI ‘s own numbers, interesting that 99.9 percentile model autonomy straightlines up through 2025 and immediately takes a nosedive after opus 4.6 launch. you can really see the efficiency work start to kick in after the pioneering work of...

By Swyx (Shawn Wang)
Perfect Salesforce Data: My Superintelligence Benchmark
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Perfect Salesforce Data: My Superintelligence Benchmark

Test for superintelligence: when the data in Fivetran’s salesforce is 100% accurate and up to date at all times, I’ll know we’re there.

By George Fraser
UL Solutions Sets New Solar Inverter Cybersecurity Standard
SocialFeb 19, 2026

UL Solutions Sets New Solar Inverter Cybersecurity Standard

UL Solutions develops new standard for solar inverter cybersecurity #energysky -- via Solar Power World: https://t.co/TvHlobdGEg

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
On‑site Fossil Power Becomes Liability; Choose Clean Grid Solutions
SocialFeb 19, 2026

On‑site Fossil Power Becomes Liability; Choose Clean Grid Solutions

On-site fossil generation is quickly becoming a big liability for data center developers. At Firma Power, we're supplying clean power solutions for grid connected data centers and a real alternative to this polluting path to power.

By Jesse D. Jenkins
AI Era Demands Open Access, Not User Lock‑In
SocialFeb 19, 2026

AI Era Demands Open Access, Not User Lock‑In

the software playbook used to be: lock users in, protect the workflow, build the moat. a day before blowout earnings, @zoink told us the opposite, don't be sacred about locking in users in the AI era. "Start anywhere, go everywhere."...

By Deirdre Bosa
Octopus Expands US Portfolio with California Solar-Storage Acquisition
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Octopus Expands US Portfolio with California Solar-Storage Acquisition

Octopus acquires California solar-plus-storage project as part of US$1 billion investment #energysky -- via pv-tech: https://t.co/Cv3DZMxKvt

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Reversing Nerve Cell Age to Combat ALS, Alzheimer’s
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Reversing Nerve Cell Age to Combat ALS, Alzheimer’s

Super proud of Dr. Kelly Rich, senior postdoc in our lab who's pioneering nerve cell epigenetic age reversal to treat diseases such as ALS and Alzheimer's 🪨⭐️ https://open.spotify.com/episode/7nWkEH5li36oW9monEIG8B

By David Sinclair
Sonnet 4.6 Delivers Fast AI Chrome Performance
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Sonnet 4.6 Delivers Fast AI Chrome Performance

AI Chrome extensions felt largely unusable because of how slow they were. Sonnet 4.6 is the first one that changes that for me. While in meetings, I am kicking off browser tasks and unlike Opus 4.5, it actually finishes before...

By Allie Miller
3D‑Printed Robot Girl
SocialFeb 19, 2026

3D‑Printed Robot Girl

I'm definitely a 3d printed wheeled mobile robot girlie but I will step outside of my box to make robot arms for my colleagues image processing course. Now just to get these puppies to pick up colored blocks. #Engineering #STEM...

By Dr. Carlotta A. Berry
AI-Driven Reading Strategies Boost Comprehension Across All Subjects
SocialFeb 19, 2026

AI-Driven Reading Strategies Boost Comprehension Across All Subjects

📖 Reading strategies matter in every classroom, not only language arts. 🎧 This post highlights seven AI-supported ideas for engaging students with text. 🧠 You’ll see practical examples tied to comprehension, vocabulary, and fluency. https://t.co/wbBHRu0pke

By Monica Burns
Russia Turns to Balloon Internet After Starlink Loss
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Russia Turns to Balloon Internet After Starlink Loss

Russia Eyes Balloon Communications System To Fill Massive Gap Left After Losing Starlink SpaceX has cut off Russia's access to Starlink and now Moscow is scrambling to find a replacement. https://t.co/YIhWYjTEhE

By Tyler Rogoway
Battery Storage Ushers in European Energy Resilience
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Battery Storage Ushers in European Energy Resilience

Battery storage can help establish a new era of European energy resilience #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/H4SPIjSkjN

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
NREL Measures UV Degradation in TOPCon Solar Cells
SocialFeb 19, 2026

NREL Measures UV Degradation in TOPCon Solar Cells

NREL researchers quantify UV-induced degradation levels in TOPCon solar cells #energysky -- via pv magazine usa: https://t.co/xLGnfYrybS

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
Even Solid Funnels Can Yield Low‑quality Leads—Iterate
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Even Solid Funnels Can Yield Low‑quality Leads—Iterate

A test I ran flopped. The funnel was solid, the end outcome solid but the first part brought low quality leads. I swung the pendulum too far in my test and my hypothesis was wrong. Now reviewing the data and...

By Nomiki Petrolla
Australia Adds 4.9 GWh Batteries in 2025, Equalling 2017
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Australia Adds 4.9 GWh Batteries in 2025, Equalling 2017

Australia commissions 4.9GWh of grid-scale batteries in 2025, matching entire 2017-2024 output #energysky -- via Energy Storage News: https://t.co/xEhWE79UGs

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza
DevOps: Prioritize Tradeoffs, Systems Thinking, Ownership Over Tools
SocialFeb 19, 2026

DevOps: Prioritize Tradeoffs, Systems Thinking, Ownership Over Tools

People think DevOps is about tools. It’s not. It’s about: • Tradeoffs • Systems thinking • Ownership • Documentation Tools change every year. Thinking lasts forever.

By DevOps Girl
Update Governance Now or Drown in Agentic AI Chaos
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Update Governance Now or Drown in Agentic AI Chaos

Agentic AI is rising, but are your governance frameworks still stuck in 2023? Autonomous systems don't wait for committee approval. CIOs: lead the orchestration or get buried by the chaos. 🤖⚡️ Deep dive here: https://t.co/dJs86sTyRD #CXOtalk #AgenticAI #TechLeadership

By Tim Crawford
Momentum.io Showcases Enterprise AI's True Work System
SocialFeb 19, 2026

Momentum.io Showcases Enterprise AI's True Work System

Congratulations to Santiago Suarez Ordoñez , Ashley Wilson , Moiz Virani , and the entire Momentum.io team. It’s been a privilege to support you on this journey. Momentum embodied several themes we consistently look for in native AI companies: -->...

By Mark Roberge
Agentic AI Redefines B2B Marketing: Lean Teams, Strategic Humans
SocialFeb 18, 2026

Agentic AI Redefines B2B Marketing: Lean Teams, Strategic Humans

The future of agentic AI in B2B marketing is finally coming into focus. The B2B marketing org structure has to change, with fewer layers and more shared accountability across a unified data layer. The human role will shift to something...

By Stephanie Buscemi
Win $1000 Creating AI Video for Claude Code
SocialFeb 18, 2026

Win $1000 Creating AI Video for Claude Code

Just for fun: AI music video contest In celebration of Claude Code’s 1 yr bday, I will give $1000 USD to the best* music video for “Ode to Claude Code” To submit: - Find the song on Spotify - Use AI to create music...

By Yohei Nakajima
First SAFE Closing Saves Founder Money, Attorney Time
SocialFeb 18, 2026

First SAFE Closing Saves Founder Money, Attorney Time

We are running out 1st SAFE closing for a startup through the 9to5 Docs platform. Founder saves $$$ and Attorney saves time. Win-win.

By Marla Miller
Amazon Teams with OpenAI for Custom Shopping AI
SocialFeb 18, 2026

Amazon Teams with OpenAI for Custom Shopping AI

🚨 My new exclusive at @ReadTheAisle Amazon has discussed w/ OpenAI working on custom shopping-related AI tied to Rufus, after using its own models and then Anthropic’s, according to sources briefed. The focus goes beyond Rufus’ main use of product Q&A https://t.co/60Z6WBfyvh

By Jason Del Rey
High‑Voltage DC Cuts AI Data Center Costs
SocialFeb 18, 2026

High‑Voltage DC Cuts AI Data Center Costs

High-voltage DC design targets AI data center costs #energysky -- via pv magazine global: https://t.co/xe594PCmhP

By Tor “SolarFred” Valenza